SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT: PAST & PRESENT
Updated July 22, 2003
GENERAL SITES ON SPORTS
HickokSports.com Main Menu
HickokSports.com - Glossaries - Index
HickokSports.com - Biography - Menu
HickokSports.com - History
HickokSports.com - History - Index by Sport
HickokSports.com - History - Alphabetical Index
HickokSports.com - This Day in Sports History Calendar
HickokSports.com - Sports Quotations - Menu
ESPN.com
Sports Internet Web Links ... The Sports Beat
History - The Sports Beat... Basketball, Football, Baseball, Olympics
CNNSI.com from CNN and Sports Illustrated
SPORTQuest Sport Search Engine and Directory
Sports ID Instructional Sports Programming - rules for just about every sport!
SPECIFIC SPORTS
Baseball
The Official Site of Major League Baseball
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Timeline of The Major League Baseball Teams
HickokSports.com - History - Baseball Table of Contents
HickokSports.com - History - The World Series
Baseball Almanac - A book full of baseball history!
Baseball Before 1845
Baseball History - "Invention" & Early Growth(1845-1869)
Brooklyn Dodgers: The Boys of Summer
Shadowball: Recalling the Negro Leagues
African Americans Integrate Sports
Black Baseball's Negro Baseball Leagues
By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s - 1960s
Baseball Cards 1887-1914
The American Experience | Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life
Homerunweb -- Excerpts from The Book of Baseball Literacy
Game six--1975 World Series - best baseball game ever played!
Basketball
HickokSports.com - History - Index to Basketball
HickokSports.com - History - Basketball - All-NBA Teams
Basketball - History
Football
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
HickokSports.com - History - Index to Football
Greatest College Football Finishes
DICK BUTKUS FOOTBALL NETWORK
Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
Hockey
Internet Hockey Database
Hockey-Stats.com - Online NHL News and Stats Archive
Misc. Sports
A Brief History of Diving, From Antiquity to the Present
Endurance & Distance Riding - The Horse in Sport
Endurance Net - The Online Resource for Endurance and Long Distance Equestrian Sports
EXTREME SKIING
History of Cheerleading in America
History of Cheerleading in Britain
WOMEN IN SPORTS
Women in Sports
Empowering Women in Sports
Women's Sports History Resources
ENTERTAINMENT, GAMES & SPORT IN THE PAST
(including music & dance)
Ancient Egyptian Games
The Game of Senet
Greek Games - Information on the Olympics can be found below in its own section.
Entertainment in Imperial Rome (Getty ArtsEdNet)
Roman Ball Games
Roman Board Games
Ancient Sites Tour: Circus Maximus
Gladiatorial Games
Chariot Racing
That's Entertainment 1500-1700
Medieval Games and Pastimes Net Links
Games of the Viking & Anglo-Saxon Age
Music and dance of the Renaissance, Music and Verse in Anglo-Saxon and Viking Times, Renaissance Singers/Dancers/Music & Instruments, & Sixteenth Century Ballads - For more on Early Music, check out my Music Periods and Composers page.
Pastimes of the Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age
Stefan's Florilegium: Performance arts
The Jester Pages
Elizabethan Card Games
Renaissance Faire Information
Renaissance Toys
Amusements in Colonial New England
The Language of Fan
Etiquette for the Ball Room
Victorian Dancing Etiquette
The History of Toys and Games - you MAY be bounced back to the Main History Channel Site. If so, to access the History of Toys and Games, just type "History of Toys and Games" in the search box and you should go straight to the site!
For more entertainment & games in the past, check out the specific time period links on my Table of Contents page.
THE OLYMPICS - PAST & PRESENT
The REAL Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
Olympics Through Time
The Ancient Olympics
The Olympic Games in the Ancient Hellenic World: A Virtual Museum
History of Plumbing - Ancient Locker Rooms
1904 St. Louis Olympics
1936 Olympics
The Nazi Olympics
The Official Jesse Owens Web Site
Welcome to the official sites of the International Olympic Committee
United States Olympic Committee
OLYMPIC MUSEUM - MUSEE OLYMPIQUE
Athens Summer Olympics - 2004 & Athens, Greece 2004 News Archive
Beijing - Summer Olympics - 2008
2012 Olympics News Archive & Olympic Bid Cities
Interesting Olympic Facts
Facts About the Olympic Medal
Olympic Almanac
Olympic Games Web Sites
Dates of the Games Past & Present
MAPS: Olympic Games 1900-25, 1925-50, 1950-75
Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games - Medals by country
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games - Medals by country
CNN - Olympic Park bombing at the Atlanta Summer Games (1996)
Olympic Controversy and Scandals
Unusual Sports in the Olympics
olympics resources for educators - olympics and education
Olympics Abbreviations
Trading Olympic Pins
Olympian Artifacts - Over 3,500 Olympic items
More info on the Ancient Olympics available on my Ancient Greece page.
FAIRS - CIRCUSES - AMUSEMENT PARKS
A Guide to North American Fairs
National Fairground Archive: History of Fairs
National Fairground Archive: History of Fairground Rides
World's Fairs and International Expositions, 1876-1916
The Great Exhibition of 1851
World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath
The 1939-40 New York World's Fair
Inside the Crystal Palace
History Buff - Circus Related Articles, Discovery.com
International Clown Hall Of Fame Main page
The Jester's Mask
The Ferris Wheel
Amusement Park and Roller Coaster Links
The American Experience | Coney Island | A Century of Scream - Roller Coasters
Discovery Channel -- roller coaster
Carousel Magic! - International Museum of Carousel Art Home Page - A Brief Carousel History - Spinning in Circles - The History of the Carousel - Carousel Center - Carousel History - IMCA Carousel History Page
Coney Island History Web Site
The American Experience | Coney Island
Welcome to WDWMAGIC.COM
Disneyland History
Yesterland.com: Disneyland's discontinued attractions
Werner's Unofficial Disney Park Links
"Not Disney" Theme Parks, Fairs, and Amusement Parks
The world's best theme parks
Renaissance Faire Information
MODERN BOARD & CARD GAMES
Museum and Archive of Games Index Page
Rules of Card Games: Alphabetical Index
Playing Cards
Kasparov Chess - The ultimate chess portal
The Game Cabinet
Mah Jongg - Worldwide Web Site - Symbolism
MISC. GAMING
Free Games at QUIZLAND -- Play and WIN the hottest Web Quiz Shows, Trivia
American Indian Gambling and Casino Information Center
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